Abu Dhabi entity to invest $30.79mln to provide clean power to 7 million British homes
Abu Dhabi-based diversified utilities and energy group will invest Dh113 million (£25 million) in a renewables project that will supply 8 per cent of the UK’s electricity needs and power 7 million British homes in future. Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has committed to Xlinks First Limited’s plans to lay the world’s longest high-voltage […]
EGA joins Australia-based research centre to collaborate on decarbonisation of alumina refining
Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, has joined Australian research centre HILT CRC to support study into the decarbonisation of alumina refining. HILT CRC (Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre) is working on technological breakthroughs in the decarbonisation of the steel, iron, alumina and cement industries. […]
Rebound Plastic Exchange to support GCC to combat waste
Rebound Plastic Exchange, a global B2B digital trading platform for recycled plastics, is ready to support GCC, which generates about 130 million tonnes of waste per annum, to achieve sustainable waste management. Currently, it is estimated that it will take $60-85 billion invested across four key value streams, plastic, concrete and cement, metal, and bio-waste […]
e& and Ericsson partner to build more sustainable future networks
e& (formerly known as Etisalat Group) and Ericsson will explore initiatives aimed at reducing energy consumption and building more efficient and sustainable future networks. For this they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the sidelines of the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Egypt. The three-year partnership […]
Abu Dhabi group to set up major wastewater plant in Uzbekistan
Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company (ADSSC) said it has signed an exclusive agreement with Uzsuvtaminot, a key player in improving the management of water resources in Uzbekistan, to develop a wastewater treatment plant in the country’s capital, Tashkent. With an estimated capacity of 1.5 million cubic metres a day, enough to serve over 2.3 million […]
Etihad, Cepsa partner for decarbonisation of air transport
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has signed an agreement with Cepsa, a Mubadala group company, to accelerate the decarbonization of air transport by researching and producing sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). The sustainable fuels will be produced from circular raw materials that do not compete with food resources, such as used […]
UAE seeks closer green partnership with China
As the United Arab Emirates’ energy transition gathers pace before it hosts the United Nations climate conference next year, it is looking to climate partners such as China to help it sustain the momentum, its climate change special envoy says. Dr Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE’s Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, said the […]
Pak floods: Emergency relief appeal launched in UAE to help victims
Pakistan Association Dubai (PAD) has launched a campaign in the UAE to raise donations for flood victims in Pakistan. Launched in cooperation with Dar Al Ber Society and the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities, the UAE residents can donate tents, mattresses, beds, sleeping bags; blankets, bedding, sheets, mosquito nets; dry rations such as […]
UAE: BEEAH Group opens new recycling facility to produce alternative green fuel from waste
SHARJAH – BEEAH Recycling, a waste processing and material recovery business under BEEAH Group, has added a new Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) facility to its state-of-the-art, integrated waste management complex in Al Sajaa, Sharjah. The SRF facility will transform commercial residue waste into a high-quality alternative green fuel in cement factories, where the fuel will […]
BEEAH starts operations at its RDF plant in Sharjah
BEEAH Recycling Company, part of Sharjah-based BEEAH Group, has started operations at its Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) plant, located within the BEEAH Waste Management Complex in Al Saja’a, Sharjah UAE’s official news agency WAM said in a report that the facility will convert commercial waste into high-quality Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) for use as alernative to […]